A. Kweku
Andoh, Ph.D., F.L.S.,
is a British educated ethnobotanist, a Fellow of
the Linnean Society of London and the author of books on ethnobotany & natural
healing including:
• The Science & Romance of Selected Herbs
Used in Medicine & Religious Ceremony
• The Parrot's Beak & the Cat's Claw: Hope for a True Healing
from the Rain Forests of Africa & South America
• The Rejuvenating Plants of Tropical Africa (Editor)
• Biblical Manna -- The Spiritual Message for the New Millennium:
A Nile Valley Plant Survey
• Holy Water, Biblical Manna & Efua's Magical Calabash
• Survival Guide for the New Age/New World Order: The Cosmic
African
• Pipssisewa Magic: The Healing Power of Medicinal Herbs and
Edible Wild Plants of Central Georgia , USA (Manuscript 2006 )
• Non-Timber Forest Products of Alabama : The Potential Market
Value of New Crops, 2006
Born in the tropical rain forests of Ghana , West Africa, Andoh is the son of the late J. E. Andoh, Africa 's foremost botanist. He is descendant of a long line of botanists, herbalists and traditional healers for many generations. He pioneered the development of the Botanic Gardens at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology at Kumasi , Ghana . Dr. Andoh has developed a line of natural healing products, Harbinger Herbal Nutrients, and promotes a healing paradigm , the Nebedaye Self Healing System. His herbal formulas are based on ancient and traditional remedies passed down in his family and used widely in Ghana and West Africa . Many herbal formulas are based on his vast knowledge of healing plants from around the world .
Andoh has initiated a youth program, G.E.N.E.S.I.S ., a non-government organization that uses agriculture, reforestation, and ethno-botany to build new social structures in African societies on the continent and throughout the African Diaspora. G.E.N.E.S.I.S. is a ?back to basics, back to Nature movement? whose philosophy is that self-sufficiency and survival of African nations, including Africans in the Americas, will be determined by their ability to provide for their own basic needs, by building economies based on the natural environment, using Mother Nature to ? Grow Energy & Nutrition for Environmental Stability & Investments in our Societies? . G.E.N.E.S.I.S. traveled to Haiti in the summer of 2005 with many students from Morehouse College to. plant trees. They were successful in establishing 1,000 trees in several areas of Haiti .
The organization also uses the plant Moringa oleifera , also known as Nebedaye , as a food and medicine to address the pandemic of HIV/AIDS and malnutrition throughout Africa . Andoh was a member of the Board of Directors of the Complementary-Alternative Medical Association (CAMA), supporting practitioners of conventional and alternative healing modalities. Andoh lectures extensively at colleges and universities, scientific and health forums and to civic groups throughout the world. In 1998, the Faculty of Science at the University of Cairo , at Giza , Egypt , appointed him the External Examiner for Graduate Student Thesis in Ethnobotany .
As of June, 2004, Andoh completed a plant inventory project to assess the non-timber forest products available on the 660 acre training facility of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives , in the African American farm belt of Southwestern Alabama . This plant inventory examined the ethnobotanical lore of the rural farmers of that region, and will lead to the development of many new market products for the Black farmers.
Andoh is a popular guest on radio and television consumer information and talk shows throughout the world. He is the Executive Director of the North Scale Institute, an Education and Research Group in Ethno-botany and Traditional Medicine based in rural Georgia , just outside of Atlanta . He has developed private botanical gardens and nature trails on his 20 acre wilderness estate as a teaching resource for local and international students , researchers and visitors from around the world.
A. Kweku Andoh, Ph.D.
5580 Feldwood Place; College Park , GA 30349
Phone: 404 767-4786 FAX: 404 767-9590
EMAIL: akandoh@msn.com --Website: www.northscaleinstitute.com